Sugar-bowl.



J. MATAS.

SUGAR BOWL.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY/'16, 1911.

Patented sept. 19,1911.

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JOSEPH MATAS, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SUGAR-BOWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 26, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 629,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr MATAS, a subject of the King of Spain, and a resident of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of' New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Sugar-Bowl, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to sugar bowls, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of this sort designed for use in restaurants, hotels and other places where sugar is placed at the disposal of patrons; and having'V mechanism inside of the same to enable the sugar to be readily and easily discharged from the bowl into a glass or other receptacle without necessitating the use of spoons.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, in which the same characters of reference indicate the same parts in both the VleVS.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional 'view of my improved sugar bowl; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

-My improved sugar bowl is supported upon a suitable standard 2, and comprises two separable sections 3 and 4, these sections being preferably hemispherical in shape, and the upper being provided with a iange 3 to enable it to lit readily upon the upper edge of the lower.

The meeting edges of the sections 3 and 4 are provided with suitable recesses 5, forming bearings to receive transverse rotatable spindles 6 extending into the sugar bowl These two spindles are united at their inner ends by a hollow ball 9, and from this ball projects in opposite directions a pair of arms 10, these arms being perpendicular to the spindles 6, and being supported by the ball 9, to be rigid therewith, so that they can be revolved when the spindles 6 are turned. The spindles 6 are, of course, rigidly fastened to the opposite ends of the hollow ball 9, and they together form a single transverse shaft extending across the interior of the sugar bowl. These arms 10 are preferably tubular, and carry on their outer ends a pair 0f scoops 11, which take up the sugar and deliver the same through a suitable opening in the side of the sugar bowl. On the same side of each of the scoops 11 is a curved guide 12, this guide being preferably bent in the form of an arc of a circle having its center in the shaft 6, and being adapted to engage a spring piece 13 fastened on the inner surface of the upper section 3 in the path of the two guides 12.

Formed in the side of the lower section 4, adjacent the upper edge, is a suitable opening forming the receiving end of a spoilt 14, which open at the top and is closed by a pivoted lid l5. This lid l5 has a weighted end 15 which closes up the end of the spout 14, and is pivoted at its opposite end by means of rivets 1G, to suitable projections from the edge of the lower section 4.

17 is a projection, preferably formed of a bent piece of wire rigidly secured to the inner end of the lid 15, directly in the path of the guides 12, so that just before the scoop reaches lthe spout 14, the guide 12 thereof will press down upon the project-ion 17 and uncover the spout, allowing the sugar carried by the scoop to fall into the same and run down out of the bowl into a cup or dish held in position to receive it. It will be understood of course that t-he upper section 3 and the flange 3 around the edge of the same are cut away adjacent the spout 14 to enable the two sections to Ht snugly together, so as to form a closed vessel 'and protect the contents thereof against dust and insects.

The hollow arms 10 may be provided with a weight located inside of the same, as shown at 18 on Fig. 1, if desired. This weight will tend to keep the two arms 10 in upright position, and is slidably mounted inside the hollow arms 10.

To operate the delivery mechanism inside of the bowl the shaft 6 is turned by means of the hand-wheels 8, and the sugar is taken up by the scoops 11, and dumped into the spout 14, after the same has been opened by one of the guides 12. The function of the spring 13 is to engage the curved guide pieces 12 just before these guides engage the projection 17, to open the lid 15; and as the member 13 is elastic it will oppose some resistance to the movement of the scoop 11 when the guide pi'ece 12 passes the spring, and afford an indication to the hand of the person using the b owl as to the position which the scoops occupy. If this spring 13 were omitted, a person casually turning one of the hand-wheels 8 might move the same to such an extent as t0 throw Open the lid 15 and drop the sugar through the spout at a time when there was nothing in place beneath the spout for the sugar to fall into, and thus a quantity of sugar would be lost or spoiled. With the spring 13 in the position shown, warning is given, if no sugar is desired, to stop turning` the shaft 6, the moment the hand feels the resistance due to the rubbing of the spring in one of the guides 12.

If the scoop shown at the top of the bowl on Fig. 1 be not turned up high enough to bring the guide 12 into cont-act with the spring 18, it will be held in position by the lower scoop and the weight 18.

As the scoops are rotated, the weight- 18 will always slide from the arm 10 connected to the upper scoop, down through the hollow ball 9 into the arm supporting the lower scoop. The weight will always tend to occupy its lowest possible position and thus hold the scoops in such position that the upper one will always be in engagement with the spring 18.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An improvement of the kind described comprising a casing, a rotatable shaft in said casing, a scoop mounted upon said shaft, said shaft being operable from without the casing, resilient means on the inside of the casing to engage said scoop and resist the movement thereof when the same is adjacent its highest position, a delivery spout carried on the exterior of said casing, a closure member therefor pivoted to said casing, and a projection carried by said closure member in position to tbe engaged by the scoop when the same comes adjacent the spout, to raise the closure member so that the contents of the scoop can be delivered through said spout.

2. An improvement of the kind described comprising a casing, a shaft mounted therein and operable from without said casing, an arm extending laterally from said shaft, a scoop carried at the outer end of said arm, a curved guide secured to the side of said scoop, a spring fixed to t-he inside of the casing in position to engage the guide and resist the further movement of the scoop when the same is adjacent its highest position in the casing, a spout carried by said casing, a pivoted closure member for said spout, and a projection extending inward from said closure member in position to be engaged by said guide piece as it passes said spring, to lift the closure member and enable the scoop to deliver through the spout.

3. An improvement of the kind described, comprising a casing, a shaft mounted in the sides of said casing and operable from without the same, an arm extending laterally from said shaft, a scoop secured to the outer end of said arm, a curved guide piece secured to the side of said scoop, and a weight carried by said arm, said weight tending to retain said scoop in the lowest possible position within said casing.

4. An improvement of the kind described, comprising a casing, a shaft mounted in the sides of the casing and operable from without the same, hollow arms mounted upon said shaft and extending laterally therefrom, said arms lying in the same straight line, a scoop secured to the outer ends of said arms, curved guide pieces secured to the side of said scoop, and a weight mounted inside of said arms and adapted to slide up and down from one arm to the other, said weight tending to retain the lower scoop in its lowest possible position within the casing.

5. An improvement of the kind described comprising a casing, a shaft mounted in the sides of said casing and operable from without the same, an arm extending laterally from said shaft, a scoop secured to the outer end of said arm, and a weight slidably carried by said arm, said weight tending to retain said scoop in the lowest possible position within said casing.

6. An improvement of the kind described comprising a casing, a shaft mounted in said casing and operable from without the same, a pair of arms mounted upon said shaft and extending laterally therefrom, said arms lying in the same straight line, a scoop secured to the outer end of each of said arms, and a weight slidably carried by said arms, to move from one arm to the other, said weight tending to retain the lower scoop in its lowest possible position within the casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH MATAS.

Witnesses ANDREW WEHNERT, PETER C. PERsEN.

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